Slippery Slope

A national-religious Ulpana (girls’ high school) located in the center of the country will compensate  a teacher who was fired upon telling school officials she was pregnant through in-vitro fertilization. (Haaretz)

(Hebrew – Haaretz)

The state was forced to pay compensation totalling 95,000 NIS to a plaintive after a ruling in his case on construction faults, written by retired justice Michaela Shidlovsky-Or, was delayed by 15 years.

(Hebrew – Haaretz)

After admitting to installing a hidden camera in the office of the spokeswoman of the Sdot Negev Regional Council, Beer-Sheva Magistrates’ Court sentenced former Council head Meir Yifrah to a suspended sentence, as well as fining him and ordering him to pay compensation to the complainant. In addition, Haim Hazan, manager of Moked Kahol Lavan, a security company which provides security to the council and was involved in the installation of the camera, was sentenced to community work and was also fined.

(Hebrew – News1)

The Jerusalem small claims court has ordered the police to pay 7,000 NIS to right-wing activist Itamar Ben-Gvir as compensation for an illegal arrest during a demonstration against the deal with Hamas for the release of Gilad Shalit.  Right-wing activist Benzi Gupstein, who was detained but not arrested during the same demonstration, will receive 2,000 NIS in compensation. (Ynetnews)

(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)

The Israel Police will pay more than 1.5 million Shekels to the family of Mahmoud al-Sa’adi, a 17 year old shot by a policeman in Ramle.  The court determined that the shooting was not warranted as the police officer was not in immediate danger to his life.

(Hebrew – News1)

The Jerusalem District Court ordered the Police to pay compensations of 10,000 NIS to right-wing activist Itamar Ben-Gvir for an unlawful arrest and detention in Hebron in 2005.

(Hebrew – News1)

The city of Tel-Aviv-Yafo will compensate a protester after city inspectors tried to prevent him from filming a small demonstration outside of city hall.

(Hebrew – News1)

The Israel Police will compensate a group of right-wing activists – including Itamar Ben-Gvir, Noam Federman, Daniela Weiss, Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katzover – who were detained three years ago by the Police when they intended to protest in front of the home of then-head of Israel Central Command, General Gadi Shamni.

(Hebrew)

Azad Restaurant in Haifa will compensate Raviv Roth, an IDF officer, by giving him 15 thousand NIS after refusing to allow him to dine there since he was in uniform.

(Hebrew )

The court ruled that a yeshiva student who was beaten by a policeman in a demonstration, shall get 36,000 NIS in compensation.

(hebrew)